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    Default Trying to date a Wade & Butcher 7/8

    Hello everyone. I'm looking at buy a Wade & Butcher 7/8's. They don't know what year it was made. The stamp on the tail only says: Manufactured By Wade & Butcher Sheffield. There is no other manufacturers Mark on it. There is an etching on Abraham Lincoln on one side of the blade with some words and scrolls.and what looks like to other men holding the scrolls. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CaptainBeau View Post
    Hello everyone. I'm looking at buy a Wade & Butcher 7/8's. They don't know what year it was made. The stamp on the tail only says: Manufactured By Wade & Butcher Sheffield. There is no other manufacturers Mark on it. There is an etching on Abraham Lincoln on one side of the blade with some words and scrolls.and what looks like to other men holding the scrolls. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
    If there is no "England" stamp on the tang, than it's older than 1891....
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    Welcome to SRP. W&B, and other Sheffield razor makers, began doing etchings with patriotic themes in the 1850s. Lincoln would've been etched on a blade from 1860 on. If it is not a memorial than it had to be between 1860-1865. If it was after his demise I would think it would have been soon after, but I'm not sure.
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    I own a 7/8 with a beautiful etching. Lady Liberty and George Wahington. This picture is crappy, but.....

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